Riyan Parag’s resilient knock keeps Rajasthan alive in the contest in the IPL 2025 games against Kolkata Knight Riders on May 04 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
He went on to slam fifty and continued his onslaught, aiming to finish the run chase.
Batting first, Rahamanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine opened the innings while Jofra Archer opened the bowling attack. Yudhvir Singh brought the early breakthrough by dismissing Narine for 11 runs. Rahane joined Gurbaz to score 56 runs in the powerplay.
Gurbaz scored 35 runs before being dismissed by Theekshana in the 8th over, while Rahane got dismissed by Riyan Parag for 30 runs in the 13th over.
However, Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Andre Russell brought stability in the middle order, smashing 44 and 57* respectively.
Raghuvanshi got dismissed by Jofra Archer in the 19th over where Rinku Singh joining Russell to score unbeaten 19 runs to score 206 runs in their innings.
𝙍𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙍𝙞𝙮𝙖𝙣 🔥
The #RR captain is in the mood tonight 😎
He keeps @rajasthanroyals in the game 🩷
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In the pursuit of chasing 205 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi opened the bowling attack. With the dismissal of Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Kunal Singh Rathore for 4 and 0 runs, Jaiswal and Riyan Parag went on to score 59 runs in the powerplay.
With Moeen Ali dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal for 34 runs, Varun Chakravarthy went on to dismiss Dhruv Jurel and Wanindu Hasaranga for duck. With Rajasthan suffered regular dismissals, Riyan Parag went on to slam his fifty.
Along with Shimron Hetmyer, they went on to cross 150-run mark in their run chase. After Harshit Rana dismissed Hetmyer for 29 runs, Shubham Dubey joined Parag to quicken the run chase.
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Moeen Ali, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora
Rajasthan Royals Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Riyan Parag(c), Kunal Singh Rathore, Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal
